Sunday, October 21, 2012

Birthday at Magic Time Machine

Rachel was excited about her birthday dinner at Magic Time Machine. It seems to have become a tradition that the kids get a birthday dinner there. It is so much fun for them to see the waiters dressed as their favorite characters and listen to all the wacky things that go on there.

Rachel dressed up as a princess fairy. Such sweetness!

...and silliness!

We requested a booth in a section with a princess or fairy waitress that Rachel would like. She was happy to see that Snow White would be serving her dinner!

Our booth was really cool because it was decorated with an explorers theme which is exactly what we are studying in school right now! Nicholas showed us where we are located on the giant wall map.

Then he gave us a brief explanation about the travels of Marco Polo from Venice to China. Yes, homeschooling isn't just learning in a classroom from 8:00 - 3:00. There are learning opportunities all around us every day!

Rachel was doing a happy dance in her seat. Blue smokey ugly drink and a salad of just green bell peppers and mushrooms and she is a happy girl!

Tinkerbell stopped by to say "Hi" to the birthday girl.

And of course, several people came to sing Happy Birthday including Marilyn Monroe and Waldo. Odd mix, right?

Although the serenade was quite entertaining, Rachel apparently didn't like their singing very much.

They gave her a free birthday cookie with ice cream and she happily blew out her candle. Dig in!

A busy day and a tired princess couldn't help but sleep on the way home.

By the time we got her out of the car at home, she was well rested and wide awake. We got the kids bathed and ready for bed but we still had birthday cake for the sweet girl. I picked up a beautiful floral cake at Target and Stuart offered to write Happy Birthday Rachel on it in icing. He did a fabulous job with "Happy" but he realized he wasn't going to have room to add "Birthday" and "Rachel" to it. He could have just written "Birthday" and it would have made perfect sense to have a cake that just said "Happy Birthday". However, Rachel loves seeing her name in writing so for her sake, we decided to just add "Rachel". After all, she is a happy Rachel.

We let her add a few pieces of Hello Kitty decorations to the cake herself.

What a sweet little girl.

Licking the bottom of the candle is a privilege reserved for the birthday child.